Social media alert: The Democrat candidate for U.S. House District 12,  Jonathan Snow, will hold a “town hall” meeting on Obamacare from noon to 12:30 p.m. Saturday on Blogspot radio. He will take calls and talk with Tarpon Springs orthopedic surgeon Lawrence Floriani. To join in, call 713-955-0555(cq on number) or go to www.snowforcongress.com for link to listen online.

This from anti-establishment crowd: John Russell, running with no party affiliation in U.S. House District 12, has announced his endorsement by David Cobb, a Texas attorney who ran for president in 2004 on the Green Party ticket. Cobb is currently a spokesmen for Move to Amend, a group trying to change the U.S. constitution so corporate political contibutions can be banned.
 

--Stephen Nohlgren, Times staff writer